Machine for wrapping papers



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MACHINE FOR WRAPPING PAPERS. No. 478,345. Patgnted July 5, 1892.

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J F. 'LINTHIGUM, MACHINE FQR WRAPPING" PAPERS.

No. 478,345. Patented July 5, 1892.

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JOHN F. nmrmouiv'i, OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.

MACHINE FOR WRAPPING PAPERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent, No. 478,345, dated July 5,1892.

Application filed August 7, 1891. Serial No. 402,041. (No model.)

- To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN F. LINTHI-OUM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sacramento, Sacramento county, State of California, haveinvented an Improvement in Machines for Trapping Papers; and I herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame.

My invention relates to a device for wrapping papers and pasting thewrappers together; and it consists-in certain details of construction,which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which v Figure 1 is a perspective view. of my machine. Fig.2 is a side elevation. Fig.3 is a rear view of the wrapping mechanism.Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the same on the line a: a: of Fig. 3.Fig.5 is an enlarged detail showing the process of wrapping. Fig. 6 is adetail showing the lug u.

A A are two vertical posts supported upo a suitable base 13, and G is asliding frame traveling upon guides on the vertical posts, so as to bemoved up and down by means of a treadle D and connecting-rods and leversE E, so arranged that when the -operator places his foot upon thetreadle the sliding frame will be drawn downward and when the treadle isreleased the sliding frame will be drawn upward by a weight orequivalent spring A. r i.

F is a stationary horizontal table supported between the posts A,projecting to one side between the sides of the vertically-slidingframe. pieces F, between which the wrappers are laid, and a clamp Fprevents-the paste-brush from dragging the wrappers back with it. At theouter end of this table is a paste-trough G, and at each side of theouter end of the table at the ends of the trough are the raised sides H,having cam-"grooves I made in them, as shown.

J is a-paste carrier or brush of any suitable constrnction mounted upona shaft, the ends or pivots of which pass through the curved slots I andinto the slotted ends of the crank or rocker-arms J of the bell-cranklevers M", which are fulcrurned at j A distributing-rollerK dips intothe paste in the trough G, and the ends of the roller carry This tablehas adjustable guide-- ratchet-wheels M, which are rotated by pawlslivers it to the brush, which in turn transfers the paste to thewrappers. This movement is effected by means of the arms M of thebell-crank levers, which are engaged by the lugs N upon the slidingframe 0. When the sliding frame is brought down, the upper lugs N strikethe arms M, and through them actupon the rockers J. These carry thebrush over in the arcof acircleby means of the curved slots I, in whichthe brush-spindles travel and deposit a portion of the paste upon theedge of the uppermost wrapper lying upon the table D, and when thesliding frame 0 again moves upward by the release of the treadle thebrush is returned. At the same time the distributing-roller K is turnedby means of the ratchet and pawl, before described, so that anotherportion of paste is 1 brought uppermost, upon which the brush thenrests, receiving another charge of paste. The paper being laid upon thewrapper, the ends of the paper and the wrapper are inserted into theslotted wrapping-spindle O.'

This spindle extends horizontally across the table, and has a slot madefrom one end to nearlthe other, as shown.

PP are rollers beneath the. spindle, upon which it turns, and'when thepaper is rolled around the spindle these rollers press it up in closecontact, so that when the projecting edge of the wrapper is pasted therollwill be very compact. The rollers P are journaled upon the upperends of the cross-levers Q, which are fulcrumed at their point ofcrossing, so as to stand in the form of the letter X.

R is a lever fulcrumed at one end having the other end in such positionthat when the frame 0 moves upward a projecting portion S strikes theend of the lever B. This lever carries a block '1, which is raised whenthe leverR israised and forced between the crossed arms Q below thefulcrum-point, thus spread ingthem apart, and as they are equally spreadabove the f ulcrum the rollers P are separated,

so as to allow the paper to be removed from the wrapping-spindle O. Thearm R passes outside of the projecting part S when the frame 0 returns,being carried to one side by the beveled or inclined lower end of thispart, as shown at S.

The device for removing the paper from the spindle consists of theoscillating arm U, which is forked at its lower end, so as to passastride of the wrapping-spindle O, and it engages a bar V, which travelsin the slot in the spindle at the inner end, and is connected with aspring V. This lever-arm U is operated by the movement of the slidingframe 0, which carries for this purpose a beveled lug ti, on its innerside similar in form to the lug S. The upper arm of lever U is madeflexible, so that when the frame descends the lug will pass by withoutaffecting it; but on its ascending the square top of lug it will movethe lever upwardly, and consequently its lower part will be movedsidewise, thus moving the bar V outwardly and causing the roll to bedelivered to the discharge-rollers \V. Sim ultaneously with thismovement the spreading of the presser-ro1lers P takes place in order togive the forked end of lever U space enough to slide along the spindleto slip off the roll. During the above-described movements it will bemanifest that the spindle has to be at rest also, for the reason thatthe addressing of the paper takes place, too. This is effected in thefollowing manner: The frame 0 has on the back of its right-hand side arack c, which causes the rotation of a sprocket-pulley d by means of anintermediate pinion on the pulley-shaft. This pulley cl drives anothersprocket-pulley e by means of the chain f. The latter is mounted looselyon the shaft 0 of the wrapping-spindle O, and it is provided on itsinside with a pawl g, which is to engage a small disk h, with one toothcut in its periphery and keyed to the shaft 0. On the inside of' frame Aand next to its journal in said frame this shaft 0 is operated upon by abrake-lever 2', and the latter again is operated by a lug c on the innerupper end of frame 0. Now as the frame descends the pulley e is causedto revolve by its connection, and its pawl g engages the tooth on diskh, thereby revolving the spindle, and so the wrapping is done until thelug c commences to press the brake 1', thereby arresting the revolvingof the spindle. By that time the frame 0 has finished its downstroke andis ascending, turning therefore the pulley e in the opposite direction,and its pawl now simply slides over the disk, not affecting it any more.Now the deliveringis done, as before described, through the discharge wand is there received between two rollers in the opposite side of frameA. These rollers are rotated toward each other by means of a rack X uponthe side of the sliding frame and a pinion Y upon the shaft of one ofthe rollers. Sprocket-pinions upon the two rollers engage each other andcause them to rotate simultaneously, and the paper is received betweenthese rollers and pressed flat as it passes out, and is delivered intoany suitable receptacle. The upper roller is actedupon by springs Z,which allow it to adjust itself to varying thicknesses of paper.

The papers are stamped with the addresses before they leave thewrapping-roller O by means of a stamping-wheel a. This Wheel has anumber of addresses around its periphery. These addresses may bearranged in any suitable manner to succeed each other, and the rollercarrying them is moved forward, so as to present a new address at eachupand'down movement of the slide 0. This action is accomplished in thefollowing manner: To the link E of the treadle connections with theframe 0 is pivoted a rod Z, provided with a joint at its center toenable said rod to as sume a bent position when the roller a is thrownforward and to straighten out again when the roller is returned. Theaction of the projection upon the rod Z against the fixed lug q upon thestandard assists the return of the parts to their normal position whenthe rear of the treadle is depressed, the spring upon the back of thejoint assisting in straightening the joint. To the upper end of the rodZ is attached a bent arm 'm, which is at its upper end forked to receivethe stamping-wheel a. This armmis slotted over its fulcrum-pin n, fixedto a standard arising from the base B of the frame, and on this samestandard is also fulcrumed the pawl 19, which engages the ratchet-wheelI), attached to one side of the wheel and upon the same shaft. A spring1), connected with the arm on above and forward of the pin a, serves toprevent the roller a from tilting downward when the rear end of thetreadle and the connecting-rod Z are forced upward, while theinclination of the slotted portion of the arm m, which slides upon thepin n, and the upward pull of the spring '0 in frontof the pin, causesthe arm on to slide forward over the pin, in stead of tilting about it,the spring extending to permit this movement. From this description itwill be seen that when the treadle is depressed the link E and rod Zwill rise and throw the arm m right above the center of thespindle-shaft, and then by reason of the slot in the arm will drop thewheel a on the roll and accomplish the addressing. The releasing of thetreadle will draw the parts back into a normal position, the lug g onthe standard causing the rod Z to straighten out, as before described.Any number ofcylinders a may be employed, and when the addresses uponone cylinder have been exhausted another cylinder may be substituted,andthus the whole number of addresses may be stamped upon the wrappers asfast as the papers are inclosed therein.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine for wrapping papers, the combination of a mainstationary frame and v the journals or spindles of the brush, and the awrapper-supporting table having the pastetrough at one end, adistributing-roller dipping in said trough, abrush or carrier having theedges adapted to form contact with the roller, a vertically-slidingframe movable upon the main frame, the curved slotted guides forbell-crank levers having the rocker-arms for supporting said journals orspindles, whereby the vertical movements of the sliding frame aretransmitted through the rocker-arms to the brush, so that the latterwilldeposit paste upon the edge of the wrapper on the table and returnto the distributing-roller, substantially as herein described.

2. In a machine for wrapping papers, the combination of verticalstationary and sliding frames, the stationary table upon which thewrappers are supported, a paste-trough, a dis tributing-roller, acarrying-brush, the side plates having curved guide-slots in which theends of the paste-brush spindle travel, and the bell-crank levers whoserocker-arms support said spindle, said levers having an arm in the pathof the sliding frame whereby the,

brush is moved, and a pawl-and-ratchet mechanism actuated by therocker-arm for partially rotating the paste-distributer at each movementof the sliding frame, substantially as herein described.

3. In a machine for wrapping papers, the stationary andVertically-sliding frames, treadle and connecting mechanism whereby thelatter is reciprocated, the stationary table upon which the wrappers aresupported, the pastetrough, distributing-roller, and carryingbrush, andintermediate mechanism whereby the latter is alternately moved from thetrough to the wrappers by the reciprocation of the sliding frame, incombination with the slotted roller, within whichthe ends of the paperand wrapper are inserted and by which they are rolled together and thewrapper pasted, substantially as herein described.

4. In a machine for wrapping papers, the combination of the slottedroller, whereby the papers and wrappers are rolled and the latterpasted, the rollers P P, located beneath the wrapping-roller and betweenwhich and said rollers the paper and wrapper passes, the swinging lever,having a forked end by which the papers are removed v-endwise from thewrapping-roll, and the rollers W atethe end of the wrapping-roll,between which the papers are carried after their discharge from thewrapping-roll. I

5. The combination of the slotted wrappingroller 0 and the rollers P P,by-which the paper and wrapper are pressed against the wrapping-roller,the crossed levers Q, in the upper ends of which the rollersP arejournaled, the lever R, and the block T, carried by said lever, wherebythe crossed levers Q are opened, and the vertically-sliding frame 0,with the projection S, which engages the end of the lever R, whereby thelatter is forced up and the rollers P are separated after the paper hasbeen wrapped, substantially as herein described.

6. In a machine for wrapping papers, the combination of a slottedwrapping-roller upon which the paper and wrapper are rolled, the rollersP, by which the paper is kept in contact with the wrapping-rolleruntilthe wrapper has been pasted, mechanism by which said rollers areseparated after the wrapping and pasting arecompleted, a swingingslotted le ever by which the paper is forced from' the wrapping-roller,and pressing-rollers between which the paper passes as-it leaves thewrapping-roller, substantially as herein described.

7. In a machine for wrappingpapers, the combination of a wrapping-rolleraround i whichthe paper and wrapper are rolled and the wrapper ispasted, a type-carrying roller,

.85 a pawl-and-ratchet mechanism for rotating said roller, an arm orframe by which it is carried and alternately brought into contact withing it with the type-carrying roller, whereby 1 the latter is caused toprint addresses successively upon the papers as they are rolled upon thewrapping-roller, substantially as'herein described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my' hand.

JOHN F. LINTHICUM. Witnesses:

ED. F. TAYLOR, EDMUND'A. ROBERTS. I

